US Lecce won a Serie B title in 2022 and 2010, a Coppa Italia Serie C in 1975 and an Anglo-Italian Cup Semiprofessionals in 1976.
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17 Facts About US Lecce
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US Lecce was founded as Sporting Club US Lecce on 15 March 1908, initially including football, track-and-field and cycling sports.
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Four years later, US Lecce returned and competed Serie C, finishing 11th in their return season.
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Nonetheless, when club football resumed, Lecce finished as champions of Serie C, gaining promotion back into Serie B Two decent seasons followed, with star player Silvestri scoring 20 goals in one season, before the club was relegated.
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US Lecce stayed down in Serie C for six seasons during this period, though this was not a particularly successful time for the club.
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Under the management of Eugenio Fascetti, US Lecce would achieve promotion to Serie A for the first time in 1985.
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Giampiero Ventura saw US Lecce achieve two successive promotions from Serie C to Serie A before leaving for Cagliari.
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In 2004, under Delio Rossi, who had been managing the club since 2002, US Lecce achieved an impressive result, reaching a high-point of tenth despite a poor first half of the season.
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US Lecce was unable to avoid relegation from Serie A, despite some initial hope due to the Serie A match-fixing scandal.
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US Lecce remained in charge for twenty-seven games, but, due to four defeats in the last five matches, with the team one point below the survival zone, he was sacked and Luigi De Canio was appointed new manager.
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US Lecce refused to crumble as Cosmi's arrival instilled battling qualities into the relegation strugglers, who managed to gain a considerable number of points in the following months, but eventually failed to avoid relegation, due to four losses in the last five matches.
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Furthermore, the former president of US Lecce, Semeraro, was suspended from all football activities for five years.
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On 22 August 2012, US Lecce's relegation was confirmed by the Federal Court of Justice.
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The following season ended in similar fashion, with US Lecce failing to win the league and then losing the playoffs finals, this time to Frosinone, despite a number of high-level signings such as former Palermo star, and well-known US Lecce supporter, Fabrizio Miccoli.
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The symbol of US Lecce is a female wolf under a holm oak tree which is typical to Apulia and is the symbol of the city of US Lecce.
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US Lecce have had many coaches throughout the history of a club, in some seasons more than one coach was in charge.
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US Lecce is mentioned in many famous Italian movies and TV series.
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